Guyana News

The mother of Rickford Newton, the youth who succumbed last after allegedly suffering an injury during a football game, believes that he was a victim of foul play due to the severity of his injuries.

Based on the vote tally from the national recount of votes from the March 2 elections, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) yesterday urged caretaker president David Granger to initiate formal congratulatory messages to the winner, PPP/C presidential candidate Irfaan Ali, ahead of a formal declaration. 

Baroness Sugg, Britain’s Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Overseas Territories and Sustainable Development, has joined the call for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to declare a final result from the March elections on the basis of the recount of votes.

The rehabilitation of severely deteriorated sections of the Kitty seawall, near the pump station, is currently underway.

Following Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield’s decision to disregard the request by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairperson Claudette Singh to submit a report on the outcome of the general elections using the results of the national recount exercise, the Organization of American States (OAS) yesterday said his actions were unjustifiable.

The Organization of American States (OAS) today repudiated the latest report by Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield fabricating a `win’ for the incumbent APNU+AFC and it warned that in the coming days a report will be issued to the body’s Permanent Council on this and other matters.

Professor Sir Hilary Beckles today called for the recount result from Guyana’s March 2nd general elections to be declared stating that `There is no other option that will be acceptable to the region and wider world’.

The Ministry of Public Health has confirmed that Guyana recorded its 17th COVID-19 related death.

Britain’s Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development today urged GECOM to declare a final result on the basis of the recount of votes.

Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield has disregarded a directive by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairperson Claudette Singh that he use the results of the national recount to submit a final report on the March 2 polls.

Embattled Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield has been given up to 11 am today by Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chair Claudette Singh to produce a final report of the March 2nd general elections using the results of the national recount of votes.

A woman was granted bail by Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall after being on remand for over 18 months for allegedly killing her husband. 

While not naming Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield, the Organization of American States yesterday said that one of the principal obstacles to the declaration of a result from Guyana’s March 2 elections is “a person whose duty it is to defend Guyana’s democracy through ensuring respect for the results of elections.”

Following Wednesday’s decision by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres yesterday called for an announcement of the final results of Guyana’s March 2 polls as soon as possible.

Following the recovery of three of its residents, the Palms Geriatric Home is now COVID-19 free, according to the Ministry of Social Protection.

Acting Army Chief of Staff Brigadier Godfrey Bess has given his assurance to the heads of the western diplomatic missions that the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) remains apolitical.

Former Jamaica Prime Minister ­, who headed the Organization of American States (OAS) election observer mission to Guyana, has said that the behaviour of government functionaries has raised “serious doubts” over whether they will accept the ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) that has prevented the Chief Election Officer (CEO) from invalidating over 115,000 votes from the March 2nd polling.

Guyana yesterday reported four new cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Water levels in some Mahaicony farms and grazing lands remain relatively high as unfavourable weather conditions have forestalled works to effectively seal the sea defence breach.

A 20-year-old, who beat a man to death with a hammer while he was a teenager, was on Thursday sentenced to seven years in prison on a manslaughter charge.